North Korea faces new sanctions for rocket launch

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The United Nations Security Council is expected to direct sanctions against
North Korea’s space agency this week and to pass a resolution of
condemnation six weeks after Pyongyang launched its latest ballistic rocket.

After prolonged negotiations, the United States and China appeared to have
agreed a wording which denounces the launch on December 12 and adds to the
sanctions already arrayed against Pyongyang. But objections by China, which
holds a veto on the Security Council, mean that it stops short of the new
sanctions sought by Western governments.

“We regret that North Korea went ahead with the launch amid widespread